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Healing Word1st-level Evocation

A bonus action at 60 feet. The numbers are tiny and it is still the best heal in the game.

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Level
1st
School
Evocation
Casting Time
1 bonus action
Range
60 feet
Duration
Instantaneous

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Healing Word

1st-level Evocation

Healing Word

Casting
1 bonus action
Range
60 feet
Duration
Instantaneous

Components: V

A creature of your choice that you can see within range regains hit points equal to 1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.

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Usage

Available toBardClericDruid
At higher levelsWhen you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st.

Best Used For

11d4 + your modifier is a joke of a number — and it does not matter. Healing Word exists to turn a 0 into a 1, and a body on the floor back into a character taking turns.
2Bonus action, 60 feet. You pick the fighter up from across the room and still move, still swing. Cure Wounds costs your whole action and makes you walk over there first.
3The healing maths nobody likes: mid-fight healing is usually worse than more damage. The exception is exactly this — an ally at 0 contributes nothing, and one hit point fixes that.
4The real price is not the slot, it is the bonus-action rule: cast this and the only spell you can still cast that turn is a cantrip. Weapon attacks are fine.

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How much does Healing Word heal in 5e?

1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier, at 60 feet, as a bonus action. Each slot level above 1st adds another 1d4 — a 3rd-level slot heals 3d4 + your modifier.

Healing Word vs Cure Wounds — which is better?

Healing Word, in almost every situation that matters. It is a bonus action at 60 feet; Cure Wounds is a full action at touch. Cure Wounds heals more per slot (1d8 vs 1d4), but the point of in-combat healing is getting someone off 0 hit points — and one hit point does that just as well as nine.

Can I cast Healing Word and another spell in the same turn?

No. After casting a spell as a bonus action, the only spell you can cast with your action that turn is a cantrip. A weapon attack is not a spell, so that is still allowed.

Does Healing Word work on undead?

No. Like Cure Wounds, it has no effect on undead or constructs.

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